Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation.

Brazil’s government announced it will call for 570 million real (US$360 million) in July to build a bus rapid transit system (BRT) in the capital city of Salvador. The BRT is scheduled for a May 2013 completion, and comes in part as preparation for hosting the 2014 World Cup.

A push for public transit in Pakistan came from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party, who called for the inclusion of a Karachi mass transit system in next year’s federal budget.

With the help of research from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Robert Steuteville of the New Urban Network asserted that smart growth reduces carbon emissions. His statement came in response to the U.S. National Association of Homebuilders’ recent statetement of the contrary.

The state of Oregon voted for more livable streets this week, with their State Senate’s passing of a bill to grant cities the right to lower current speed limits on residential streets by 5 miles per hour.

Green Roof Boot Camp Training will be held in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 14 to 17. The Training provides courses for the Green Roof Professional (GRP) accreditation. You can register for the event, here.